Currently holds the office of Arizona State Senate - District 8 until January 6, 2025.
Candidate for Arizona House of Representatives - District 8 in 2024 Arizona Primary Election.
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Get StartedWhen someone decides to have an abortion, it should be safe, affordable, and free from punishment or judgment. The reality is that too many women, transgender, and nonbinary people in Arizona face barriers to abortion care. We will fight bans and restrictions on abortion and while championing legislation to protect access to this care. Learn more
We must overturn Arizona’s ban on marriage equality and enshrine protections into law. Learn more
Our democracy is stronger when we protect the freedom to vote. Expanding access to the ballot will diminish corrupt corporations’ outsized influence on elections. Learn more
Every police officer should wear a body camera while performing official duties with the records maintained for a period of time. The state must eliminate qualified immunity so that officers will not be sheltered from lawsuits when negligent or engaging in unlawful conduct. The legislature should also limit uses of force in order to prevent the needless loss of life at the hands of law enforcement. Learn more
Arizona needs to end pre-trial detention by reserving it for only the most extreme cases. 7 out of 10 persons in Arizona jails at any given moment are too poor to bail themselves out. Yet none of these people have been convicted of crime but face stark collateral consequences such as job loss, eviction, or even losing custody of their children. Learn more
Arizona’s jails and prisons are filled with people whose only offense is drug-related. We must stop incarcerating people struggling with drug addiction and pass common-sense justice reforms such as legalizing marijuana possession and ending mandatory minimums. Learn more
There should not be a profit motive attached to imprisonment and Arizona’s prison infrastructure is crumbling while producing an abysmal recidivism rate of 2 to 1. Inhumane treatment of people behind bars must stop and we can fix it by investing in a true corrections system that seeks to rehabilitate over driving up incarceration rates. Learn more
The growing privatization of our education system is a prime example. Corrupt corporations now receive public dollars for the schools they run and increasingly push out students who they don’t want. This led to the more segregation of our schools and undermines the concept of a universal public education system. Learn more
We need to rethink our current system of teaching to the test, and appropriately hold schools accountable through different methods. Teaching and learning should be transformative, and our system should reflect as much. Learn more
We need to pay teachers more and respect them as professionals who we trust with our future. And we must oppose permanent tax cuts to public education that will jeopardize our schools’ stability down the road. Learn more
Access to clean water is the climate justice fight of our lifetime. Arizona is experiencing a 20-year drought and lacks a sustainable plan for the future of our water. We need solutions now that prioritize the health of our community over the profit motives of developers and corrupt utilities who are depleting and poisoning our shared water supply. Learn more
Lower-income and racially diverse neighborhoods are forced to live with poorer air quality while wealthier communities enjoy healthier standards. Research shows that low-income households and people of color are disproportionately impacted by air pollution. In Arizona, children of color are exponentially more at risk for asthma and airborne related illness than their white counterparts. Learn more
Clean energy is common sense in Arizona. We have more sunshine than any other state in the nation, yet places like New Jersey have more solar energy than we do. Embracing clean energy standards will also create good-paying clean energy jobs, which are already rising in other states that have decided to invest in clean energy. We must begin by making investments now in solar, wind, and hydropower. Learn more
We support the passage nationally by Congress of Medicare for All. At the state level, offering a public option through Medicaid to all Arizonans makes sense. The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS) is one of the best-run Medicaid programs in the nation. We should build on that success by allowing every Arizonan to affordably buy into the program. Learn more
The United States is the only developed country to not guarantee paid family medical leave to workers. Passing twelve Weeks of Paid Family and Medical Leave is one of the most impactful policies that we could implement today to support our working families, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more
Providing Arizona’s workforce with a livable wage will not only contribute the overall success of the local economy, it will result in an increased standard of living for all of us. When working families feel secure about their future they participate in the economy. Demand is what drives job growth, not giveaways to greedy corporations. Learn more
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